Kazakhs

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Kazakhs are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Central Asian steppe, known for their nomadic heritage, distinct language, and cultural traditions centered in modern-day Kazakhstan.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kazakhs canonical 36
Kazakh people 13
Kazakh 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
ancestralRegion Great Steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe
citizenshipMajority Republic of Kazakhstan
linked to: Kazakhstan
diaspora China
Mongolia
Russia
Turkey
Uzbekistan
ethnonymOf Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
historicalState Kazakh Khanate
language Kazakh language
languageFamily Kipchak branch of Turkic languages
majorReligion Islam
nativeTo Central Asian steppe
Kazakhstan
primaryCountry Kazakhstan
relatedEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
Nogais
Tatars
Turkmens
Uzbeks
religion Hanafi school of Islam
linked to: Hanafi school

Sunni Islam
subdivision Junior zhuz
Middle zhuz
Senior zhuz
traditionalBeliefElements Tengrism
traditionalClothing chapan (robe)
tymaq (fur hat)
traditionalDwellings yurt
traditionalEpic epic of Alpamys Batyr
epic of Koblandy Batyr
traditionalFood beshbarmak
kazy (horsemeat sausage)
kumis (fermented mare’s milk)
traditionalGames asyk (knucklebone game)
kiz kuu (equestrian game)
kokpar (buzkashi-type game)
linked to: Kok-boru
traditionalInstrument dombra
kobyz
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
traditionalLivestock camels
cattle
horses
sheep
traditionalMusic dombra music
traditionalPoetry aitys (improvised oral poetry contest)
traditionalSocialStructure tribal organization (zhuz system)
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Kazakh traditional dombra music (as part of related nominations)
writingSystem Cyrillic script (Kazakh alphabet)
linked to: Cyrillic script

Latin script (Kazakh alphabet, in transition)

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazakhstan majorEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Tarim Basin ethnicGroups Kazakhs
Xinjiang ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Kipchak languages spokenBy Kazakhs
Western China hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Kazakh American ethnicOrigin Kazakh
linked to: Kazakhs
Kazakhs ethnonymOf Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Karaganda hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Astrakhan Oblast ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Uyghurs relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Tengrism associatedPeople Kazakhs
Kyrgyz closelyRelatedTo Kazakh
linked to: Kazakhs
Nogais relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Salar relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Kazakh SSR ethnicMajority Kazakhs
Bayan-Ölgii Province ethnicMajority Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Bayan-Ölgii Province ethnicGroup Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Altai people relatedEthnicGroup Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Kazakh Arabic alphabet usedBy Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Ürümqi ethnicGroup Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Yining hasEthnicGroup Kazakh
linked to: Kazakhs
Urumqi hasMajorEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Northwest China majorEthnicGroup Kazakh
linked to: Kazakhs
Bashkir closelyRelatedTo Kazakh
linked to: Kazakhs
tamga historicallyUsedBy Kazakhs
Kazakh cuisine ethnicGroup Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
aitys hasCulturalContext Kazakh culture
linked to: Kazakhs
Epic of Koblandy Batyr ethnicCulture Kazakh people
subject linked to: epic of Koblandy Batyr
linked to: Kazakhs
Senior zhuz ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Middle zhuz ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Middle zhuz traditionalDivisionOf Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Junior zhuz ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Epic of Alpamys Batyr associatedPeople Kazakh people
subject linked to: epic of Alpamys Batyr
linked to: Kazakhs
Kazakh Khanate ethnicBasis Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
Aralsk hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Golestan Province hasEthnicGroup Kazakh
linked to: Kazakhs